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land near Rye, known as the " Nook " ; but owing to the 

 drainage,, it is^ tliongli still found tlierCj by no means so 

 abundant as formerly. To the westward of Pagham Harbour 

 is another attractive spot^ but unhappih^^ ornithologically 

 speaking, the same remark equally applies there, the sea 

 being now entirely shut out, and the mud preparing for the 

 plough. It is a social little bird, often joining parties of 

 the Dunlin aud the Curlew Sandpiper. 



It retires far north to breed. The eggs were first found 

 by Middendorff in Siberia, and in 1875 it was found breed- 

 ing on the Petchora by Messrs. Seebohm and Harvie 

 Brown, of which discovery there is a most interesting account 

 in the 'Ibis,' 1876, pp. 294-308. The note is described 

 as a '' whispering loarhliny trill,''' and the nest as a mere 

 depression in the turf with leaves of the cloudberry and other 

 dry materials scraped together for the lining. 



TEMMINCK'S STINT. 



Tringa temmincM. 



This is a much rarer species than the Little Stint, and never 

 found on the sand or open coast-line of the sea-shore, but 

 frequents the mud flats of the tidal rivers. In August and 

 September small parties arrive on the rivers, ponds, and mud 

 of the Adur, and of Shoreham Harbour, also on the salt- 

 marshes a mile or so up that river. On July 25th, 1878, 

 one was shot by Mr. Booth, at Shoreham, in full summer 

 plumage, and its manners resembled those of the Common 

 Sandpiper. On this account Mr. Jeff'ery (p. n.) states that 

 this and both the Stints are often called "Wagtails," and 



